SQLSaturday #6 in Cleveland - Registration Open
Long time acquaintance Allen White is hosting SQLSaturday #6 in Cleveland on August 9th. Registration and call for speakers is...
2008-06-12
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Blog Posts
TechEd - Day 3
I left my laptop at the Red Gate booth, and then managed to wander up to a Data Compression talk...
2008-06-12
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TechEd - Query Performance
A program manager asked the question at the start: Who's had a query performance issue where a query "went bad"...
2008-06-12
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Presentations using a Panel Format
At the recent SQLSaturday #4 we had a session end up finishing much earlier than expected, so we gave the...
2008-06-11
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TechEd - Data Corruption
I went to this one, mostly because I don't understand coruption that well and Paul Randal is a great speaker....
2008-06-11
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TechEd - IO and Wait Stats
Andrew Kelley, SQL Server MVP, is a good speaker, so I'd recommend his sessions if you want good technical information.
IO...
2008-06-11
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How to Do and Not Do Customer Support
I recently purchased a Dell XPS M1530 laptop for use both for professional work (consulting & presentations) and ministry (mostly presentations)....
2008-06-10
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IndyTechFest Update
Just received this from my friend John Magnabosco about the SQL portion of the event:
Business Intelligence Track - TBD (Arie Jones,...
2008-06-10
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TechED - Building an SOA Data Center
Talking about heterogenous systems, usually legacy systems. How do you move to a new architecture?
You must start with the old...
2008-06-10
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TechEd - Designing a Global Database
I was going to hit a Powershell lab because the Scripting Guys at TechNet write great columns, but it filled...
2008-06-10
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Blogs
Claude AI Convinced Me Not to Build an iPad App
By Steve Jones
I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
Forums
Data Warehouse Toolkit meets Star Schema: The Complete Reference
Is there a good syllabus for reading these two together? (Yes, it's called the...
GPX distance and time analysis in SQL Server
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The DBA is Dead; Long Live the DBA
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Question of the Day
Changing the AG Listener
In SQL Server 2025, if I want to remove an IP from a listener, what do I do?
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